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50 years of a North East television classic - Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

At 8.30pm on Tuesday, January 9, 1973, BBC1 unveiled a new comedy series set on Tyneside called Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? It would be a huge success

Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023

Bill Nighy to appear at Whitley Bay Film Festival this Wednesday night

Last-chance tickets are up for grabs to join the conversation as the Love Actually actor attends a special Q&A event introduced by The Likely Lads creator Ian La Frenais

Chronicle Live · Sep 28, 2022

A TV Likely Lad standing on Newcastle United's Gallowgate End terraces

Fifty years ago, actor Rodney Bewes and writer Ian La Frenais toured Tyneside looking for possible outside locations - including St James' Park - for a new TV sitcom, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Chronicle Live · Jul 25, 2022